South West Environmental Parks Ltd

Who we are

The Trust operates Paignton Zoo in Devon and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, in addition to running three UK nature reserves and supporting national and international conservation programmes. We are a significant contributor to zoological and botanical conservation, research and education. We employ 240 staff and more than 200 volunteers, welcome over 500,000 visitors each year and have an annual turnover in excess of £12m.

The strategic purpose of the Trust is to take action to protect at-risk animals and plants from the impacts of biodiversity loss in order to help halt species decline.